Eggplant

 Aubergine, Guinea Squash or Garden Egg; Call it what you want, but the tropical perennial we most commonly refer to as eggplant stands apart in the world of fruit. From its intense color to the delicate tender texture of its insides, eggplant is a favorite of News-Press storyteller Amy Bennett Williams in just about all of its culinary forms. Her fondness for this particular member of the nightshade family, however, isn’t shared by everyone in the Williams’ household, as she tells us in this week’s encore essay.